OK guys, I need some opinions about my 6.0L build. It was a core engine that I picked up cheap and ended up only being a collapsed lifter, everything else looks fine. I'm already going to be removing the rotating assembly to install new bearings, but at what point do I go with a better than stock rotating assembly? this is a Gen 4 engine, so I know the internals can handle a bit more in stock form, but at what point do I go ahead and start swapping parts out? its kind of turning into a "well, since I'm already here" type of thing, and I'm not sure that's warranted

If you are ever going HUGE camshaft, make sure to check the valvetrain geometry before putting it together, it looks good until the we reach max lift!

Hey guys, does anybody know the measurement of the passenger side exhaust loop for a 2014-2018 Silverado? I'm getting ready to do some much-needed exhaust work and don't want to have the nasty clap trucks get due to the unequal exhaust flow. K&N wouldn't give me the overall length, and I'm not buying theirs for 150 bucks when I have the pipe at home.

When I joined, I didn’t have swap on the horizon. My swap I competed in 2018 and have been refining it since. But I was happy with the results and was focusing on other areas like body work. Everything was running smoothly until it wasn’t. On Memorial Day 2026 I took the car out for a joy ride, and merging onto the highway shifting 2-3 the engine let all the magic smoke out. 🥺 The autopsy is still on going but it looks like piston #7 broke up on re-entry and spread wreckage throughout the engine before it locked up. So now I’m facing a rebuild and unraveling 8 years of work and jury rigs and starting over. I was using a 2009 L76 from a G8. My new donor is a 2004 LQ4 which I’m going to covert to a Gen4 spec engine reusing as much of the L76 parts that I can. First order of parts is coming in today or tomorrow with block off plates and conversion adapters. The new build is going to be designed with survival in mind. I’m downgrading the cam for less HP and more torque as it’s just a street car and power cruiser. Head and bottom end studs rather than bolts. Gen4 pistons with a bigger gap than I ran last time.

Was gross, smelled like old gas too.. 🤮